Golden Tulip Epe - Epe, Netherlands 

This hotel is in a very nice location in the Netherlands, and claims to be a four-star hotel. Indeed, the reception and sitting area as well as the restaurant certainly looks like "4-star", it has been recently renovated. You will be a bit disappointed when you get to the rooms, which are in need of renovation (holes in the wallpaper, etc) and are quite small. The bathroom is the worst: in our double room, I estimate that the bathroom was 2.5 square metres at most, with a sink, a shower and a toilet, in tiny old moldy tiles, with plastic towel hooks that have been painted white, holes in the walls, - in summary, I can describe the bathroom as amateuristically 'fixed' to last until those are finally renovated to be acceptable. The bathroom do not merit the '4 star' rating. The service in the restaurant and at reception is good and friendly. The hotel is also very children-friendly. The food in the restaurant is both ? la carte and buffet, the hotel decides whether buffet or ? la carte is served in the restaurant which can be disappointing if you come down on Saturdaynight looking forward to a nice long dinner with your friends & family - and get served a buffet which is only so-so. The ? la carte food is quite good. Go there for the location, and consider your room as just the place you need to sleep, then it will be very enjoyable.

We booked this hotel because it was convenient and reasonable. Our rooms were small but adequate, the breakfast superb and we loved the situation in the forest. We did not eat in the restaurant but walked to a small place just down the road which served supeb meals.